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Table 2-5: Highway-Rail Grade-Crossing Safety1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 (R) 2007 (R) 2008 (R) 2009Fatalities a 1,440 917 833 582 698 608 579 626 615 579 488 461 431 402 425 421 357 334 371 359 369 339 290 249Injured persons 3,272 3,860 3,890 2,687 2,407 2,094 1,975 1,837 1,961 1,894 1,610 1,540 1,303 1,396 1,219 1,157 999 1,035 1,094 1,053 1,070 1,059 989 741Accidents a 3,559 12,126 10,796 7,073 5,715 5,388 4,910 4,892 4,979 4,633 4,257 3,865 3,508 3,489 3,502 3,237 3,077 2,977 3,085 3,066 (R) 2,942 2,778 2,429 1,931KEY: R = revised.a1970 data are not comparable to later years due to a change in the reporting system.NOTEThe Federal Railroad Administration recommended not to report property damage statistics, which had been done in previous editions <strong>of</strong> NTS, due toinconsistencies in the reporting <strong>of</strong> data.SOURCES1970: U.S. <strong>Department</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Transportation</strong>, Federal Railroad Administration, Office <strong>of</strong> Policy and Program Development, Rail-Highway CrossingAccident/Incident and Inventory Bulletin (Washington, DC: Annual Issue), tables S and 11.1975-1998: FRA Accident/Incident Database, available at http://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/Office<strong>of</strong>Safety/ as <strong>of</strong> June 28, 2010.1999-2011: Ibid., Office <strong>of</strong> Safety Analysis, 2010 Preliminary Railroad Safety Statistics (Washington, DC: April 2012), table 1-1, available athttp://safetydata.fra.dot.gov/Office<strong>of</strong>Safety/publicsite/Prelim.aspx as <strong>of</strong> Apr. 20, 2012.

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